A special meeting of the Session of Faith United Presbyterian Church was held in the building at 200 South Eighth Street, Monmouth, Illinois at 7:30 p.m., September 2, 1964.

Elders present were Parsons, Wallace, Lipes, Hallam, Carlson, Rhea, Manley, Keating, Allison, Thompson, Armstrong, Beveridge, Jewell, Ebersole, Wells, Kritzer, White and Marshall and the Moderator, the Rev. G. Robert Buttrick.  Also present was David R. Moffet, chairman of the Board of Trustees.  Elders absent were Connell, Simpson, Royer, and Rankin.

The meeting was opened with devotions and prayer by Elder James Lipes.

On motion made, seconded and carried the following were excused:  Connell, Simpson and Rankin.

REPORT OF THE CLERK OF SESSION:  Request noted for use of the former Second Church building on the morning and evening of October 12 and on the afternoon of October 13 for meetings of the Women's Crusade for the Community Memorial Hospital Campaign.  Motion made, seconded and carried that request be granted.

Following discussion it was moved, seconded and carried that memorials from any of the four former churches not used in Faith Church be available for use in another church if so needed there at the request of the donor and in consultation with the Session and/or Board of Faith Church.

Motion made, seconded and carried that the Clerk of the Session be authorized to send letters of transfer for persons in good standing in Faith Church who desire to unite with other churches and that a report of such action be made to the Session at the next meeting following the issuance of such letters of transfer.

Request noted for church letters of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Shauman and Mrs. Belle Sharer be sent to West Side United Presbyterian Church, Monmouth, Illinois.  Moved, seconded and carried that the request be granted.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:  On motion duly made, seconded and carried the proposition regarding the sale of the former Ninth Avenue parsonage, tabled at the last meeting of the Session, was brought to the floor for discussion.  Moved, seconded and carried that the Session concur with the recommendation of the Board of Trustees that the former Ninth Avenue parsonage be listed for sale with a real estate broker.

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT:  Church School subcommittee report made by Allison.  Moved, seconded, and carried that youngsters must be three years old prior to December 1 in order to be admitted to church school for the fall and winter term.  On recommendation of the subcommittee it was duly moved, seconded and carried that September 27 be designated as Christian Education Sunday and that the church school staff and faculty be recognized at the 11 o'clock service of morning worship on that day.

PARISH LIFE COMMITTEE:  Following the report the matter of circulating a special interest questionnaire in connection with the Every Member Visitation preparatory to World Wide Communion was discussed.  Whereupon it was moved, seconded and carried that such a questionnaire be prepared and filled out in connection with the Every Member Visitation.

EVANGELISM COMMITTEE:  Recommended by the committee that the Session approve the purchase of a booklet "The Way of Discipleship" to be given one to a family to new members of Faith Church.  Whereupon it was duly moved, seconded and carried that this recommendation be adopted.

STEWARDSHIP AND MISSION COMMITTEE:  Recommended that parish groups be set up as the format through which the stewardship visitation is to be conducted in 1964.  Moved, seconded and carried that this recommendation be approved.  On motion duly made, seconded and carried the recommendation of the committee that the parish groups meet prior to Dedication Sunday was approved.  Further recommended by the committee that pledge cards be distributed, collected and dedicated on Dedication Sunday and that Carlton Lewis be named co-chairman of the Stewardship Visitation program with the other co-chairman to be selected by the Nominating Committee of the Session.

BUILDING COMMITTEE:  Report by Thomas Wallace, who announced the signing of the contracts with the architectural firm of Cooley and Borre, Park Ridge, Illinois.  On motion duly made, seconded and carried, following a recommendation by the Building Committee, the Session authorized the Nominating Committee of the Session to appoint a committee of five persons to be known as the Building Funds Committee, such committee to deal with the problem of finance as it applies to the building and renovation of the facilities of Faith Church.

Motion made, seconded and carried that permission be granted to place a bulletin board for use by the Boy Scout troop in the parish hall of one of the facilities being used by Faith Church.

The matter of the naming of a nominating committee to prepare a slate of church officers for presentation at the annual meeting of the congregation was considered.

Motion made, seconded and carried that a committee of nine persons be named by the Nominating Committee of the Session and that the persons so named represent the following:  five persons from the congregation at large, 2 from the Session of which one shall be designated chairman, and one from each of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Deacons, the latter two to be appointed by the chairman of the respective boards.

Motion made, seconded and carried that the next meeting of the Session be postponed to September 30, 1964 at 8 o'clock.

There being no further business to come before the Session it was duly moved and seconded that the meeting adjourn.  Carried.  Adjournment followed prayer by Elder Harry Rhea.

Rev. G. Robert Buttrick, Moderator

David M. Hallam, Clerk